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Page 82
... Italy , Sicily , and more lately . of Greece , Asia Minor , and Egypt . The only flag which carried with it the assurance of protection from the violence of these barbarians , was that of England ; for although various other powers of ...
... Italy , Sicily , and more lately . of Greece , Asia Minor , and Egypt . The only flag which carried with it the assurance of protection from the violence of these barbarians , was that of England ; for although various other powers of ...
Page 83
... Italian traveller Pananti , this scene of cruelty occurred in conse- quence of positive command from the government of Algiers , or whether it was but the unbidden ebullition of the ferocious passions of the Algerine Ja- nizaries , it ...
... Italian traveller Pananti , this scene of cruelty occurred in conse- quence of positive command from the government of Algiers , or whether it was but the unbidden ebullition of the ferocious passions of the Algerine Ja- nizaries , it ...
Page 88
... Italian traveller , to whom we have already more than once referred , mentions most positively the existence of a superstitious belief among the inhabitants of Barbary , that their country is destined to be conquered on a Friday by ...
... Italian traveller , to whom we have already more than once referred , mentions most positively the existence of a superstitious belief among the inhabitants of Barbary , that their country is destined to be conquered on a Friday by ...
Page 90
... Italian states - it was natural to suppose , that the suc- cess or failure of the French in fra- ming to themselves a moderate and wise system of government , now that they had it in their power to do so , would be studied by the ...
... Italian states - it was natural to suppose , that the suc- cess or failure of the French in fra- ming to themselves a moderate and wise system of government , now that they had it in their power to do so , would be studied by the ...
Page 124
... Italians on board , who had hitherto been comparatively quiet . These being overpowered and thrown into the sea , and two French sailors , who had clandestinely tapped the cask of wine , being condemned to the same fate , tranquillity ...
... Italians on board , who had hitherto been comparatively quiet . These being overpowered and thrown into the sea , and two French sailors , who had clandestinely tapped the cask of wine , being condemned to the same fate , tranquillity ...
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Page lxxxii - Our sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the act made in the first year of King George, for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God save the King.
Page cdxi - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; For righteousness, but behold a cry.
Page cccxv - Buoyed above the terror of death by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Page cdv - And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Page lxx - W. steering west, going six knots, observed a shoal on the larboard beam, about half a mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, bearing south, half a mile distant, in appearance white sand and yellow weed, supposed to be the Longshamps shoal.
Page ccxci - Exhibit anew those noble qualities which have placed you on the list of our most valued commanders. I will myself furnish you, as far as it may be in my power, with opportunities of regaining the esteem of your country.
Page clxxi - One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ; to permit such Persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the Execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors to make and file the same on or before the First Day of Hilary Term One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two ; and to allow Persons to make and file such Affidavits, although the Persons whom they served shall have neglected to take out their annual Certificates.
Page cccxii - The person in your possession is Major John Andre, adjutantgeneral to the British army. " The influence of one commander in the army of his adversary is an advantage taken in war. A correspondence for this purpose I held ; as confidential (in the present instance) with his Excellency Sir Henry Clinton.
Page 15 - ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; In which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained.
Page lxxxvii - It is ordered by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...